first name
MIYA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,486 people named Miya, 29.4% reported their origin as Black, 26.6% as White and 16.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Miya peaked in 2007, when 319 babies got the name.
At least 8,071 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Miya by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,718. The largest share of babies named Miya, 48.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Miya is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Miya has been most common in Hawaii (5.8×), Washington (2.1×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.34×).
5,569 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Miya
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Miya, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Miya ranks #59,100 of 156,621, with 370 people. See Miya as a last name
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